NAME
syncer — periodically sync for file system integrity
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/syncer
[seconds]
[-s]
[-d
directory ...]
DESCRIPTION
syncer
is a program that periodically executes
sync()
at an interval determined by the input argument
seconds
(see
sync(2)).
If
seconds
is not specified, the default interval is every 30 seconds.
This ensures that the file system is fairly up-to-date
in case of a crash.
This command should not be executed directly,
but should be executed at system boot time via startup script
/sbin/init.d/syncer.
syncer
also updates the
/etc/mnttab
file if it does not match current kernel mount information.
Options
syncer
recognizes the following options:
- -s
Cause
syncer
to not update the
/etc/mnttab
file.
Use of this option is provided for special cases of backward compatilibity
only, and is strongly discouraged.
This option may be removed in a future release.
- -d
Open directories for cache benefit.
All directories must be specified by their full path name.
If the
-d
option is not used, no directories are opened.
AUTHOR
syncer
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.
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